Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-03

Emily; said ne, when he had got Il
blank, tell mefa verse to telegraph
/. your father. It'll tickle the old man.
''Ei2iiy reflected. Il can't only r
member tw,? peces,'' she said, and
don't believe theyii do, One Is, Mar
had had little lamb" ana tue other, !
w no ran to catch me when ici.? NJ
| i" No. said tie Young man. "rhos
, are not bit appropriate. I'm blesse
: IL IL l. can think of anything Then h
turned to me. Can't you help us ont,
Now was my time. My companion
eye twinkled He got down a scraI
; pooK from the shelf aud opened it at
page which we both know. Then h
polhteu out verse to the young MAJ
ana told him that he thought il woul,
do very nicely. This was the verse:
Marriage EIrn from love, like vinegar from
a SAD, sour, sober beverage time
Is snarpened from its hi h celestial flavor
Do"h 10 very homely household savor.'
Below that were the following lines:
,,Medlock,s a saucy, sad familiar state
hate: f " 9e''" ""'
Love keeps a modest distance, is divine,
ooliging, and says everything that's hnc.'
You should have seen the expression
L,
she looked ineffahly disgusted and looked
up at him appealingly as she came to the
cnd OF the second stanza. Ho looked an.
grliy AT me, bit his lip as though to try
an ana suppress some supertuous laughter
| men ne broke out as follows: 81 don't
know II you are paid to be insoent 1t
seems to me that when a civil question IS
asker you, YOU He could go no fur
,her. lie burst into fit of irresistible
laughter, which was so contagious that
| IN iew minutes the four of us were
| holding our sides, and laughing at the
very top OF our voices. OF course this
put us all in the best of tempers, and
enued IN my giving them couple of
lihes, which were so acceptable that thCy
were at once sent to Minneapolis by cleo
trlcity. For what can earth produce.
m but love- to represent the JOYS above?'
ihose are some stock lines. | always keep
lhem IN my mind. They are non com
INITIAL and they are pretty. AS | said the
YONG YOU, couple were perfectly satisfied
The friend who was helping me in nv
work, continued the operator, fused to
wonder at the unerring manner in which
L could distinguish q newly married
couple. Sometimes the young people
were accompanied by a father, mother,
aunt, uncle, cousin or friend. lncyer
had any difficulty in distinguishing them,
ana TINS reused my young friend to won
ucr' One day he said to me: Jim, | be-
tleVe mat you don't make your discovery
1airiy; that it Is by some hint dropped
that You ascertain who are the married
couple. In vain l protested: he would
not believe So offered to bet him a
DoX OF clgars-good ones, too-that the
next couple who came in to send
away u dispatch. accompanied by |
a friend l would unhesitatngly
make known to him. Two evenings |
later, as we were sitting there, IN walked |
girls, so exactly alike that it was hard to |
tell one from the other. They had Just
come from the church, | know, because
the pastors servant was with them, hav.
ing offered to show them the telegraph
oHice. The young man must nave mar.
RED one of the girls, but it was, | ac-
knowiedge, almost impossible to tell
smile. i scent those cigars he said
with the most provoking readiness.
Give me little time, suggested, really
beginning to feel annoyed. This is q
iliiicult case, and fmay not be able to
tathom it until they leave The three
hen began to talk.
What shall | say to your father?' he
lsked, looking ut the blank sheet.
Say that his daughter is now Mrs.
'nooEs; on suggested one girl, bashfuly.
Iell him you feel SO happy you don't
NOW where you are said the other.
hen he commenced to write, and one pet
TODD on each side of him. One smiled
,Ip ut him. the other smiled down at him.
Dear old man. SAID one. Did he have
o write dispatches to cross fathcry CHR.
upped the other. A horrible conviction {
anne anne upon me. He had married them
9th! 1t must be. My companion looked
L me with the greatest amusement in his I
yes, 'Cigarsn he said, sontentiousy.
ma ne sad no more. The young married t
IAN te!oSraphed as follows: We are '
inTrieu' iitn ana are sorry you could not be
eremony.' Then they prepared to to i
Q away. Not an 'inkiing as to t
'ho was the bride was with me, i
as complete y mystitied and mortified | b
'lt that my box of cigars was a thing t
TAT needed consideration. / resolved n
pon bold stroke, even if it were un- r
suitable impertinerce. | should never "
latter Besides it would be all the same n
!, 100 years. Thus | thought. | ran q
ter the pastors servant after the younG q
eople had entered their carriage and II
zen driven away. V
Young womanH exclaimed, Il be- "
;Ve know something about this mar u
age which ought to tell. Which of the J.
as the wife?'' III
" Neither, said the girl, rather fright. II
'ed. The bride remained in the Car. n
age. The others were her sisters
II saw 1t all in Il moment, Deiectcdlv III
retraced my steps after having Satisfied
e servant that was not a lunatic, and D'
e next day purchased a big box of rs
sars' which were accepted with fcrd
glee by my friend and co. WORKER ~
N | W
hat Made Minstrel Melancholy m
Chicago Evening Journal: met Frank III III
"hlte, the negro comedian, the other ~
-eernoon. He was feeling quite gloomy l.
q apparently grievlng over the loss of 10
me frGnd. | asked him the cause of
sorrow and he related the FOLLOWING ic
'ry, which illustrates, in manner. The -,
ong attraction pr venoration some nc. w
s nave Tor certain articles PERTAINING -,
their stage wardrobe: when / GrS1 III
nj into the show business, sixteen oa
lrS ago the 2sd of last February / hn 81,
lght pair Of big cowhide shoes ~, ~,
wear in 'nigger acts They Were were ISe'
ge,. coarse and unblackcd; in fact nj nj
re comedy shoes In course of time ~
~ began to wear ont and had them eo eL,
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